Sha (Mongolic)

Sha is a letter of related and vertically oriented alphabets used to write Mongolic and Tungusic languages.[1]: 549–551 

Mongolian language

Sha
The Mongolian script
Mongolian vowels
a
e
i
o
u
ö
ü
(ē)
Mongolian consonants
n
ng
b
(p)
q/k
γ/g
m
l
s
š
t
d
č
ǰ
y
r
(w)
Foreign consonants
Letter[2]: 13, 17, 23 [3]: 546 [4]: 212, 214 
šTransliteration[note 1]
ᠱ‍Initial
‍ᠱ‍Medial (syllable-initial)
Medial (syllable-final)
(‍ᠱ)Final[note 2]
C-V syllables[6]: 41 
ša, šešišošušö, šüTransliteration
ᠱᠠ[a]ᠱᠢᠱᠣ᠋ᠱᠥ᠋Alone
ᠱᠣ[b]
ᠱᠠ‍ᠱᠢ‍ᠱᠣ‍ᠱᠥ‍Initial
‍ᠱᠠ‍‍ᠱᠢ‍‍ᠱᠣ‍Medial
‍ᠱᠠ‍ᠱᠢ‍ᠱᠣFinal
  • Transcribes Chakhar /ʃ/;[9][10] Khalkha /ʃ/.[citation needed] Transliterated into Cyrillic with the letter ш.[6][5]
  • Final š is only found in modern Mongolian words.[2]: 15 [11]: 37 
  • Derived from Old Uyghur merged samekh and shin (𐽻 and 𐽿).[3]: 539–540, 545–546 [12]: 111, 113–114 [11]: 35 
  • Produced with X using the Windows Mongolian keyboard layout.[13]
  • In the Mongolian Unicode block, š comes after s and before t.

Clear Script

Xibe language

Manchu language

Notes

References